Regulation

One event I missed posting on at the time was the final agreement of all of the US regulators on the way that Basel II will be implemented in the US that happened 10 days ago. After some seriously silly obstinate argument from the FDIC, I was please to note at the time that the…

One event I missed posting on at the time was the final agreement of all of the US regulators on the way that Basel II will be implemented in the US that happened 10 days ago. After some seriously silly obstinate argument from the FDIC, I was please to note at the time that the…

Two of the keynotes at this year’s BAI Retail Delivery Show are Bob Geldof and Alan Greenspan.  Bob Geldof, the liberating freedom fighter for justice for Africa, wiping out third world poverty and forcing politicians and bankers to give him their f***ing money, whose six-figure pay cheque for his speech is obviously going to Africa…

Two of the keynotes at this year’s BAI Retail Delivery Show are Bob Geldof and Alan Greenspan.  Bob Geldof, the liberating freedom fighter for justice for Africa, wiping out third world poverty and forcing politicians and bankers to give him their f***ing money, whose six-figure pay cheque for his speech is obviously going to Africa…

Two of the keynotes at this year’s BAI Retail Delivery Show are Bob Geldof and Alan Greenspan.  Bob Geldof, the liberating freedom fighter for justice for Africa, wiping out third world poverty and forcing politicians and bankers to give him their f***ing money, whose six-figure pay cheque for his speech is obviously going to Africa…

Two of the keynotes at this year’s BAI Retail Delivery Show are Bob Geldof and Alan Greenspan.  Bob Geldof, the liberating freedom fighter for justice for Africa, wiping out third world poverty and forcing politicians and bankers to give him their f***ing money, whose six-figure pay cheque for his speech is obviously going to Africa…

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

I am gradually coming to a general rule on actually reading the speeches published by the BIS – the less interesting the title is, the more likely it is that the speech is actually worth reading. This one "Some thoughts on securitization and financial turbulences" by Jean-Pierre Landau, Deputy Governor of the Bank of France,…

In the last of a risk-focused week of blog entries, I thought it worth talking about virtual worlds.  Now, we talk a lot about virtual worlds these days, after the hype cycle of Second Life and not forgetting the other worlds of Entropia, There, World of Warcraft and more.  In fact, the growth of virtual…